ASTM D3053-99

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Designation: D 3053 – 99
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Carbon Black
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3053; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D 5230 Test Method for Carbon Black—Automated Indi-
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vidual Pellet Crush Strength
1.1 This terminology is a compilation of definitions of
D 5816 Test Methods for Carbon Black—External Surface
technical terms used in the carbon black and rubber industries.
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Area by Multipoint Nitrogen Adsorption
Terms that are generally understood or adequately defined in
other readily available sources are not included.
3. Terminology
2. Referenced Documents 3.1 Definitions:
2.1 ASTM Standards:
carbon black, n—material consisting essentially of elemental
D 1508 Test Method for Carbon Black, Pelleted—Fines
carbon in the form of near-spherical colloidal particles and
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Content
coalesced particle aggregates of colloidal size, obtained by
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D 1509 Test Methods for Carbon Black—Heating Loss
partial combustion or thermal decomposition of hydrocar-
D 1510 Test Method for Carbon Black—Iodine Adsorption
bons.
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Number
carbon black agglomerate, n—a cluster of physically bound
D 1511 Test Method for Carbon Black—Pellet Size Distri-
and entangled aggregates.
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bution
DISCUSSION—See Test Method D 3849.
D 1513 Test Method for Carbon Black, Pelleted—Pour
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Density
carbon black aggregate, n—a discrete, rigid, colloidal mass
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D 1514 Test Method for Carbon Black—Sieve Residue
of extensively coalesced particles; it is the smallest dispers-
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D 1566 Terminology Relating to Rubber
ible unit.
D 1618 Test Method for Carbon Black Extractables—
carbon black, carcass grade, n—a type of furnace carbon
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Toluene Discoloration
black having an average particle size in the range from 31 to
D 1765 Classification System for Carbon Blacks Used in
200 nm.
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Rubber Products
DISCUSSION—Carcass-grade carbon blacks are produced by the oil
D 1937 Test Method for Carbon Black, Pelleted—Mass
furnace process. The use of these grades in the rubber industry is not
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Strength
limited to the carcass portion of the tire. These grades are designated
D 2414 Test Method for Carbon Black—n-Dibutyl Phtha-
with an “N” first character and a second character of “4, 5, 6, or 7” in
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late Absorption Number
Table 1 of Classification D 1765. See Terminology D 1566 for the
D 3037 Test Methods for Carbon Black—Surface Area by definition of carcass.
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Nitrogen Adsorption
carbon black, furnace, n—a type of carbon black produced by
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D 3265 Test Method for Carbon Black—Tint Strength
the decomposition reaction of hydrocarbons when injected
D 3313 Test Method for Carbon Black—Individual Pellet
into a high-velocity stream of combustion gases under
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Crush Strength
controlled conditions.
D 3493 Test Method for Carbon Black—n-Dibutyl Phtha-
carbon black, hard, n—See carbon black, tread grade, the
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late Absorption Number of Compressed Sample
preferred term.
D 3849 Test Method for Carbon Black—Primary Aggre-
DISCUSSION—All carbon blacks provide some level of reinforcement
gate Dimensions from Electron Microscope Image Analy-
2 when mixed in rubber. The amount of reinforcement is a function of the
sis
carbon black grade and amount used. See Terminology D 1566 for the
D 4820 Test Methods for Carbon Black—Surface Area by
definition of reinforcement.
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Multipont B.E.T. Nitrogen Adsorption
carbon black microstructure, n—arrangement of carbon
atoms within a carbon black particle.
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These definitions are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-24 on
carbon black particle, n—a small spheroidally shaped
Carbon Black and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D24.41 on Carbon
Black Nomenclature and Terminology.
(paracrystalline, non-discrete) component of a carbon black
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 1999. Published December 1999. Originally
aggregate; it is separable from the aggregate only by
published as D 3053 – 72. Last previous edition D 3053 – 96b.
2 fracturing.
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D 3053
carbon black particle diameter, n—arithmetic average of the carbon black, typical value, n—a consensus value for those
diameters of particles within a carbon black aggregate as carbon black properties which are not specifically targeted
measured by electron microscopy. for
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